Definition of "stiff-tailed" []

• Having the quill feathers of the tail somewhat rigid. (adjective)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

• "She stood stiff-legged and stiff-tailed, her white fur standing straight up on her back."
• "'Did you think the book would be famous when he read it to you in 1834, as you say?' asked the Professor, beaming at him in a way that would have melted the heart of the stiff-tailed lion of the Northumberlands, if he'd possessed such an organ."
• "On a subsequent visit we found that she’d met a friend and had a fleet of stiff-tailed babies."